Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 21:21:32 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: dg@root.com Cc: "Joe Shevland" <joe.shevland@horizonti.com>, "Greg Lehey" <grog@lemis.com>, "Adrian Filipi-Martin" <adrian@virginia.edu>, "Julian Elischer" <julian@whistle.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, c@lemis.com Subject: Re: Fairings Message-ID: <29851.885964892@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 27 Jan 1998 21:06:50 PST." <199801280506.VAA06145@implode.root.com>
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> The most common type is a [usually plexiglass] windshield on a motorcycle. Or otherwise known as a "half fairing." A full fairing typically protects also the legs and feet from wind blast and also, as David noted, reduces the overall drag of the motorcycle (your knees are not otherwise very aerodynamic sticking out there in the slipstream :-). You most typically see full fairings on Japanese racing motorcycles. Jordan
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